The Adventure to Create the Most Earth-Friendly Oil Painting on the Planet, Part 3: Solvents
In my quest to make the most sustainable and Earth-friendly oil paintings possible, I have found a plant-based paint thinner as good as the standard petroleum-based thinner.
Solvents have long been a problem in the world of oil painting. A solvent, or paint thinner, is used to thin the paint and clean brushes. Thinning is an important part of painting with oil-based paint. The tendency is to paint thin to thick. This means applying a thin first layer of paint as the composition is being worked out. This thin layer of pa…
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